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CVE-2003-1118

Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and exec

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1 on Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-8

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 5

lists.grok.org.uk

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

securityfocus.com

kb.cert.org

Exploit-DB